Author Topic: Ray Bradbury, 1920 - 2012 (Read 1479 times)

islander · « **on:** June 22, 2012, 12:19:48 AM »

Ray Douglas Bradbury (August 22, 1920 â€“ June 5, 2012) was an American fantasy, science fiction, horror and mystery fiction writer. Best known for his dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 (1953) and for the science fiction and horror stories gathered together as The Martian Chronicles (1950) and The Illustrated Man (1951), Bradbury was one of the most celebrated 20th-century American writers. Many of Bradbury's works have been adapted into television shows or films. (wikipedia)

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islander · « **Reply #1 on:** June 22, 2012, 12:26:14 AM »

If we listened to our intellect, we'd never have a love affair. We'd never have a friendship. We'd never go into business, because we'd be cynical. Well, that's nonsense. You've got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on the way down. -Ray Bradbury

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islander · « **Reply #2 on:** June 22, 2012, 12:29:20 AM »

I have never listened to anyone who criticized my taste in space travel, sideshows or gorillas. When this occurs, I pack up my dinosaurs and leave the room. -Ray Bradbury

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islander · « **Reply #3 on:** June 22, 2012, 12:41:00 AM »

A tribute to Ray Bradbury by Lev Grossman:

Like so many great writers, Ray Bradbury was utterly without fear. He wasn't scared of optimism or innocence or sentiment. He didn't give a damn if the literary lions accepted him, though they did. "If I'd found out that Norman Mailer liked me," he once said, "I'd have killed myself."

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islander · « **Reply #4 on:** June 22, 2012, 12:45:20 AM »

Though best known for science fiction, he wrote in every genre and form, from fantasy to poetry, and he wrote beautifully enough for adults and clearly enough for kids. He faced up to parts of human nature most people don't see, even in their nightmares. His advice to writers was as follows: "You've got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on your way down."

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islander · « **Reply #5 on:** June 22, 2012, 12:48:36 AM »

Bradbury, who was 91 when he died on June 5, never went to college, but he read and absorbed everything from Shakespeare to Heinlein. His masterpiece, The Martian Chronicles, published in 1950, is about human colonists who land on Mars only to find a world that's a reflection of their own dark, unconscious landscape.

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islander · « **Reply #6 on:** June 22, 2012, 12:53:52 AM »

Bradbury explored both outer space and inner space. To him they were the same thing. He wasn't a prophet of the future. He never even learned to drive. "I don't try to describe the future," he said more than once. "I try to prevent it." We thank him for saving us from the futures he prevented--- and for giving us the ones he made.

LEV GROSSMAN
Milestones, Time Magazine, June 18, 2012

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pioneer · « **Reply #7 on:** June 24, 2012, 09:24:26 PM »

I have a copy of Martian Chronicles. I don't know much about Bradbury until I read this post. Thanks Islander.

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